Elliott keeps home fires burning

The market for the Christmas Vouchers At Gowran Park Golf Shop Maiden Hurdle centred around the locally-trained pair of The Kings Sword and Roi Toscan but they were upstaged on the track by Roi Du Mee

Backed into odds-on from a general 7/4 this morning, The Kings Sword was in trouble from before three out eventually staying-on again to finish third whilst Roi Toscan was punted in early trading from as big as 9/1 into 9/2 and he was in front when falling at the first hurdle down the back straight.

Meanwhile Davy Russell on Roi Du Mee and was making the best of his way home from before the straight and he stayed on well from before the last to account for Oscar Close by four lengths.

Gordon Elliott, winning trainer, was supervising his English runners, but he reported of the Gigginstown House Stud-owned French-import by phone: "He is a nice horse but he is only a shell and has plenty of filling out to do. He won't run again until into the New Year. He won a bumper and he was second in a chase when in France."